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Going away …
The title of this postcard is its full caption. Mailed in 2011, four different stamps, two large and full postmarks. Grade: 1
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St. Petersburg, Spit of Vasilievsky Island
This 4-5/8″ x 6-3/8″ card was produced in 2008 and mailed in 2011 with four of the same stamp and a large blue handstamped postmark. Address on affixed label. Grade: 3
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Class K steam locomotive
The caption on the reverse of this card, mailed in 2011 with four stamps and full, large postmark, occupies nearly all of the message space. Too bad it’s only in Russian, but there are ways to get around that. The caption is chock full of statistics. Grade: 1
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Peterhof, Lower Park, Chessboard Hill Cascade
Three stamps and full postmark on this card mailed in 2011. Grade: 1
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Ekaterinburg, Cosmos Cinema
This 4-1/2″ x 6-7/8″ card has four stamps, full postmark, captions in Russian and English, and a major crease diagonally in the lower left corner. Grade: 4
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Moscow, Red Square in 1896
This is a contemporary (2011) card that is clearly marked as such, and uses an old photo. Four stamps, two postmarks, Grade: 1
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Moscow minaret and lake
This card measures 5-3/4″ x 7-5/8″ and somehow survived being mailed, with stamp and full postmark. But we’re not certain if it was supposed to be a postcard or not. The front definitely looks like one. The reverse, before writing and mailing, is plain cardboard. That’s full disclosure! Grade: 2
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Moscow, Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral
Very nice multi-view tourist card, mailed in 2011 with three different stamps, blue bilingual airmail sticker, and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Moscow, Saviour Tower of the Kremlin
The front of this card is good enough, and the reverse is a mass (NOT mess) of four different stamps, four full postmarks, message, and colour. Nice! Grade: 1
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Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square
Nine views, six stamps, two postmarks, one postcard. Grade: 2
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Vladivostok, Golden Horn Hotel and Theater
Measuring 3-3/4″ x 8-1/4″, this card helps commemorate 150 years of Vladivostok and was mailed with three stamps and two postmarks in 2011. Grade: 2
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Saint Petersburg, Mikhailovsky Castle
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Saint-Petersburg map and cat
Clever, artistic card mailed in 2011 with stamp and full, large postmark. Grade: 1
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Saint-Petersburg, Winter Palace
A nice card made more so by the use of six stamps and two full postmarks. Grade: 1
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Russian Folk Kind Characters
Mailed in 2011 with two different stamps, full postmark, and a happy face sticker on the reverse. Grade: 3
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St. Petersburg, The Bank Bridge
Mailed in 2011 with two massive stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Moscow, State Historical Museum from Manezhnaya Square
If you’re making a collection of contemporary Russian postcards, here’s a very nice one for you. Mailed in 2011 with two large stamps and full postmark, the caption is in four languages. Grade: 1
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Moscow, Iversky Gate and State Historical Museum
Card mailed in 2011, two stamps, postmark, and a bit of white correction fluid on the reverse. Grade: 3
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October Socialist Revolution
Soviet kitsch, not postally used but with a message on the reverse, and with CCCP postage pre-printed. Grade: 4
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27 September, World Tourism Day
Busy card, front and back. Mailed in 2011 with five different stamps, and a large and fully legible postmark. Unusual and colourful. Grade: 1
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From Russia with Love
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and Moscow postmark. There’s also a small sticker added on. Grade: 3
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Jekaterinburg, Main Avenue
Mailed in 2011, the card has its stamp and full postmark but unfortunately the message has been taped on. Grade: 4
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Lake Baikal
Wonderful card, four different stamps, full postmark. Grade: 2
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Saint Petersburg, Kriukov Canal and St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral of the Theophany
Mailed in 2011 with two large stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Moscow, State Tretyakov Art Gallery
The front is OK, the back is terrible, with stamp ripped off. Space filler only. Grade: 5
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Cheboksary, Pevcheskoye Field
In superb condition and mailed in 2011 with four stamps, two large postmarks. Expanded caption is only in Russian, though. Grade: 1
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Tyumen, Republic Street
A very, very high-quality card, matte finish, measuring 3-3/4″ x 8-1/2″. It was mailed in 2012 with four stamps and three postmarks. This is about as good as it gets for a mailed, contemporary card. Grade: 1
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Novgorod Kremlin
Mailed in 2012, the card has four small stamps, two postmarks, and orange postal barcoding along with a small abrasion on the front. Grade: 3
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Moscow, Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral
Mailed on 11.11.11 (nice postmark) with one stamp, and airmail sticker. Grade: 1
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ЭР9ПК-312 USSR Electric train
It’s a Soviet train but the card was mailed from Ukraine in 2011 with six stamps (of which two are large, and trains) and three blurred postmarks. Grade: 3
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Novosibirsk, Ascension Cathedral
Five stamps, three large and full postmarks, and address label affixed. Grade: 3
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Novosibirsk, Lighthouses of the White sea, “Stamps of Russia” series
To make it very clear: this is not a Maximum Card. The stamps in the photo are part of the card’s design. The card itself was mailed in 2011 with three (real) stamps and two full postmarks. Grade: 1
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Zhurka drawing
The caption for this mailed card is extensive and only in Russian. It has two large stamps, full and brilliant Moscow postmark, and address label. Grade: 3
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Kizhi
Kizhi is in Lake Onega, Karelia, and is a UNESCO orld Heritage site though this internet card does not say so. It should; the writer helpfully added that information. Three unique stamps and one full postmark. Grade: 1
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Kremlin, Royal regalia of the Russian empire
Mailed in 2011 with two commemoratives and full postmark. Grade: 1
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St. Petersburg, Moyka Embankment
Mailed in 2011 with six stamps and two full postmarks, with the card itself dated 2006. Grade: 1
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Tomsk, Vokzal Tomsk-1 (Вокзал Томск-1)
The railway station in Siberia. Card mailed in 2011 with two se-tenant stamps and much of two large postmarks. Grade: 1
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Petersburg B (Б)
БИРЖА на стрелке Васильевского острова, Exchange on Vasilevsky Island, clearly part of a series with each letter of the alphabet represented. But we only have Б. Mailed in 2012, with two se-tenant stamps and large, full postmark. Grade: 1
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St. Petersburg, aerial view
We often wonder how postcards of this size (5-7/8″ x 8-1/4″) can survive being mailed, but this one did, in 2012, almost unscathed. It has one part of a stamp and full postmark. Grade: 4
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Moscow, Taganskaya Metro line, 1950
Mailed in 2012 with three stamps, two full postmarks, and Par Avion and address labels affixed. The sender put the address over part of the caption, but English and Russian captions are visible. Grade: 3